Automobile-lock



A. JACKSON. AUTOMOBILE LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. I3, 1919.

1 27,432, Patented Jan. 6, 1920.

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AVIS JACKSON, 0]? EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS.

AUTOMOBILE-LOCK.

Application filed January 13, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Arm JAoKsoN, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing in the city of East St. Louis and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Automobile-Locks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention pertains to automobile locks, and has to do withlocks especially adapted for securing the change speed lever in a neutral or inoperative position.

The main object of the invention is to provide a sim ale, practical and durable device of this character which may be readily applied to the chan e speed lever of any automobile for the purpose of holding the said lever in its neutral position, and thus prevent the unauthorized use of the machine.

rinot ier object is to produce said look so that the same may be readily applied to, or detached from the change speed lever of the car as few parts as possible, and which when assembled in operative position will constitute an efhcient device for the purpose intended.

With these objects in view, attention is called to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device;

Fig. 2, a bottom plan View;

Fig. 3, a right hand side elevation;

Fig. 4t, a perspective detail of the rear jaw;

Fig. 5, a perspective detail of the forward jaw, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the device, showing the change speed lever and padlock in dotted lines.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, my invention consists of a forward right angled jaw 1, and a similar rear jaw 2. The forward jaw 1 is formed preferably from one piece of metal and embodies the upstanding lock plate 3 and the horizontal foot plate a at right angles to the lock plate 3. At the under side of the foot plate 4C are rigidly mounted the floor lugs 55, which are chambered away immediately below the foot plate 4;, so as to leave the forwardly extending lock prongs 6 adapted to engage the floor plate 7 throu 'h the slot 27 of which the chan e speed lever 8 passes. The rear jaw 2 is formed generally to correspond to the forward jaw 1, except that it has a slot 9 Specification of Letters Patent.

rinother object is to produce such lock in Patented Jan. 6, 1920.

Serial No. 270,819.

cut longitudinally therein from the front end, vertically through the upstanding lock plate 10 and back through the horizontal foot plate 11. This slot is for the purpose of receiving and holding the said change speed lever 8, and hence may be called a change speed lever slot. From the under side of said foot plate 11, lugs 12 are rigidly mounted, similar to the lugs 5 on the foot plate 1, and likewise being chambered out at their upper ed es immediately at the point of juncture with the said foot plate 11, so as to form the backwardly extending prongs 13, adapted to engage the floor plate 7 in a manner similar as described in reference to the prongs 6 on the floor plate l. The lock plates 3 and 10 are adapted to abut one against the other, and carry the outstanding ears 14- and 15, through which ears are pierced the alined lock holes 16 and 17, adapted to engage the bar 18 of the padlock 19. An overlapping latch 20 is pivotally mounted by means of the pivot bolt 21 to the upper right hand side of the lock plate 3 of the forward jaw 1 and opposite tothe lock hole 16. This latch 20 is adapted to fold down over and overlap the two upper edges 22 and 23 of the lock plates 8 and 10, and a lock hole 24 extends transversely through the two downwardly turned lips 25 and 26 of the latch 20 in alinement with the lock holes 16 and 17 of the lock plates 3 and 10 aforesaid.

In operation, the change speed lever 8 is placed in neutral position. The jaw 1 is mounted in the floor plate 7 in front of said change speed lever with the prongs 6 en gaging forwardly the said floor plate 7. The rear jaw 2 is then mounted in the floor plate 7 back of the change speed lever 8, with the said change speed lever resting Within the slot 9, and with the prongs 13 engaging rearwardly the said floor plate 7. The latch 20 is then pressed down over the edges 22 and 23 of the lock plates 3 and 10, and the bar 18 of the padlock 19 is thrust through the alined lock holes 16, 17 and 24, whereby the said change speed lever 8 is securely locked in neutral or inoperative position.

While I have herein described a certain specific manner and method of constructing and assembling the elements of my invention, it is understood that I may vary.

from such specific construction in minor details, so as best to form my lnvention to meet practical requirements and as covered of the change speed lever, a latch pivoted in the appended claim. For instance, the to one of said jaws and having spaced lips position of the two jaws may be reversed. adapted to embrace the abutting edges What I claim to be new and patentable is: thereof, said latch and jaws formed with 15 In combination With the change speed alined lock apertures and a padlock for lever of an automobile, a lock for the same, locking said jaws together through said comprising two free jaws with right-angled lock apertures.

faces to engage the floor and each other, said AVIS J ACKSON. jaws having prongs to engage the floor plate WVitnesses:

at each end of the slot therein and one jaw T. N UTTMANN,

provided with a slot to engage the shank K. L. FISHER. 

